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Uncanny Avengers
Uncanny Avengers (Avengers Unity Squad) is a Marvel Comics series launched October 10, 2012 by Rick Remender and John Cassaday, pairing Avengers and X-Men after Avengers vs. X-Men, with four series runs through 2023.
Uncanny X-Men
Uncanny X-Men is Marvel's flagship X-Men comic, launched as The X-Men in 1963 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, renamed Uncanny X-Men at #142 (1981), running 544 issues to 2011, defined by Chris Claremont's 1975-1991 run, and relaunched in 2024 under Gail Simone.
Undead Unluck (アンデッドアンラック)
Undead Unluck (アンデッドアンラック) is Yoshifumi Tozuka's Weekly Shonen Jump manga (2020-2025, 27 volumes) about Negators Fuuko and Andy, adapted into a 2023 David Production anime, a 2025 Winter-hen special, and a second season.
Under Doctor
Under Doctor (アンダードクター) is a medical battle manga by Kyo Tanimoto, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump since January 26, 2026, about underworld doctor Haiji Kino; first volume June 2026, English simulpub on VIZ.
Urusei Yatsura (うる星やつら)
Urusei Yatsura (うる星やつら) is Rumiko Takahashi's debut manga, a sci-fi romantic comedy about Moroboshi Ataru and the alien oni girl Lum, serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday 1978–1987, adapted into a 1981–1986 TV anime and a 2022–2024 remake.
Usagi Yojimbo (兎用心棒)
Usagi Yojimbo, Japanese for rabbit bodyguard, is an American comic series by Stan Sakai begun in 1984, following a rabbit ronin in early seventeenth-century Japan.
Usopp (ウソップ)
Usopp (ウソップ), the sniper of the Straw Hat Pirates in Eiichiro Oda's One Piece, son of Yasopp of the Red Hair Pirates; a lying, cowardly marksman and inventor also known as Sogeking, the King of Snipers.
Vampirella
Vampirella is a comic-book vampire heroine created by Forrest J Ackerman with costume design by Trina Robbins, debuting in Warren Publishing's Vampirella #1 (Sept 1969). Known for her alien Drakulon origin, the later Lilith retcon at Harris, and the current Christopher Priest run at Dynamite.
Venom War
Venom War is Marvel Comics' 2024 symbiote crossover event by Al Ewing and Iban Coello: a five-issue series, August to November 2024, in which Eddie Brock and his son Dylan fight over the Venom symbiote, ending the Ewing run and launching All-New Venom.
Veronica Lodge
Veronica Lodge (Ronnie), Archie Comics character debuting in Pep Comics #26 (April 1942), created by Bob Montana; wealthy daughter of Hiram and Hermione Lodge, Betty Cooper's rival for Archie Andrews, later played by Camila Mendes in Riverdale.
Viltrum Empire
Viltrum Empire, also called the Viltrumite Empire, is the main antagonistic faction of Invincible: a Viltrumite interstellar empire founded by Emperor Argall, devastated by the Great Purge and the Scourge Virus that left only 50 Viltrumites, later led by Grand Regent Thragg.
Violator (comics)
Violator, also the Clown, is Todd McFarlane's demon villain in Image Comics' Spawn, first appearing in Spawn #2 (1992); eldest of the Phlebiac Brothers, Spawn's archenemy, subject of Alan Moore's 1994 miniseries and Violator: Origin (2024), ranked 97th by IGN.
W.I.T.C.H.
W.I.T.C.H. is an Italian Disney comic magazine (2001–2012, 139 issues) created by Elisabetta Gnone with Barbucci and Canepa, following five girls, Will, Irma, Taranee, Cornelia, and Hay Lin, in euromanga style.
Wanted (comics)
Wanted (comics) covers Mark Millar and J.G. Jones's 2003-2005 Top Cow/Image miniseries about supervillains ruling a post-superhero world, its 2008 film adaptation, and the unrelated 1947-1953 Golden Age series Wanted Comics.
Warrior Nun Areala
Warrior Nun Areala is a comic book character created by Ben Dunn and published by Antarctic Press since 1994, centering on Sister Shannon Masters, a nun who fights demons.
Wash It All Away (manga)
Wash It All Away (Kirei ni Shite Moraemasu ka.) is a seinen slice-of-life manga by Mitsuru Hattori, serialized in Young Gangan 2017–2023 in 71 chapters and 10 volumes, about dry cleaner Wakana Kinme of Atami; English print by Square Enix from 2025, anime in 2026.
Watchmen
Watchmen, the 1986-1987 DC twelve-issue series by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, and John Higgins, reinterprets superheroes in an alternate 1985 Nixon-era America; widely collected and adapted to film and HBO.
We Gotta Go Now
We Gotta Go Now is volume 4 of Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson's comic The Boys, collecting issues #23-30 (Dynamite, 2009), an X-Men parody arc in which Hughie infiltrates the G-Men.
Weapon Plus
Weapon Plus is the Marvel Comics covert super-soldier program, fully revealed in New X-Men #128 (2002), whose Roman-numeral projects include Project Rebirth (Weapon I, Captain America), Weapon VI (Luke Cage), and Weapon X (Weapon 10, Wolverine).
Weapon X
Weapon X is a 13-part comic story by Barry Windsor-Smith, serialized in Marvel Comics Presents in 1991, that depicts Wolverine's origin of adamantium bonding and memory erasure.
Webcomic
A webcomic is an internet cartoon designed for digital screens, with the mobile format now reaching approximately 155 million global users. The South Korean webtoon era is a key part of this growth.
West Coast Avengers
The West Coast Avengers, or The Avengers West Coast, is a Marvel superhero team based in Los Angeles. It debuted in 1984 and featured original members like Hawkeye and Wonder Man.
What If (comics)
What If? is Marvel Comics' alternate-history anthology, begun 1977-1984 from editor Roy Thomas' premise, Watcher-narrated, revived 1989-1998 as What If...? and continued via event-tied one-shots and the 2021 Disney+ animated series.
White Lantern Corps
The White Lantern Corps is a DC Comics organization introduced in Blackest Night in 2010, whose rings draw on life itself as the opposite of the death-dealing Black Lanterns.
Wistoria: Wand and Sword
Wistoria: Wand and Sword (杖と剣のウィストリア) is a Kodansha manga by Fujino Ōmori and Toshi Aoi, serialized since December 2020 about magic-less swordsman Will Serfort; adapted into an anime by Actas and Bandai Namco Pictures since 2024, with Season 3 announced in 2026.
Witchblade
Witchblade is a Top Cow/Image Comics series (1995) by Marc Silvestri, David Wohl, Brian Haberlin, and Michael Turner, starring NYPD detective Sara Pezzini bonded to a sentient gauntlet; adapted for TNT (2001) and anime (2006), relaunched 2024.
Witchriv
WITCHRIV (ウィッチリヴ) is a dark-fantasy shōnen manga by Hakuri, serialized on Shonen Jump+ since October 23, 2025, about the persecuted mage Nona Ewin hunted by the Magic Surveillance Bureau; 4 volumes, VIZ English edition due 2027.
With You, Our Love Will Make It Through (君と越えて恋になる)
Kimi to Koete Koi ni Naru (君と越えて恋になる), "With You, Our Love Will Make It Through", is a Chihiro Yuzuki romance manga on Shueisha's MangaMee about human girl Mari and dog-breed beastfolk Tsunagu, adapted as a 12-episode TV anime from October 14, 2025 by Millepensee.
Wolverine (comic book)
Wolverine comic book series starring Logan: the landmark 1982 Claremont-Miller limited series (Marvel's second limited series), the 189-issue 1988 ongoing, Weapon X, Old Man Logan, Death of Wolverine, and current volumes.
Woodstock (Peanuts)
Woodstock is the small yellow bird in Charles Schulz's Peanuts comic strip, Snoopy's best friend and Beagle Scout second-in-command. First appearing in 1967, he was named June 22, 1970 after the 1969 Woodstock music festival; only Snoopy understands his chicken-scratch speech.